From 874644b0f7b99fa834c6ffe593b73f45f08d0497 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Mitchell <chris.t.mitchell@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:18:24 +1300
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] ci(commits): Use conventionalcommits format for analysing
 the commit

---
 .github/workflows/create-github-release.yml | 2 +-
 .releaserc                                  | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-github-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-github-release.yml
index fb196be99..668d04d7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-github-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-github-release.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20
 
       - name: Perform release
-        run: npx --package @semantic-release/exec semantic-release
+        run: npx --package @semantic-release/exec --package conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits semantic-release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.get_access_token.outputs.token }}
diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
index 225c1daaf..8410a5510 100644
--- a/.releaserc
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
       }
     ],
     "@semantic-release/github",
-    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
+    [
+      "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+      {
+        "preset": "conventionalcommits"
+      }
+    ]
   ]
 }

From 0d90f58d9c8ec730e6d146c328b274c8554f7f3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Mitchell <chris.t.mitchell@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:18:55 +1300
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] ci(commits): Enforce conventionalcommit format

---
 .commitlintrc.json               |  3 +++
 .github/workflows/pr-linting.yml | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .commitlintrc.json

diff --git a/.commitlintrc.json b/.commitlintrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c30e5a970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.commitlintrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "extends": ["@commitlint/config-conventional"]
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-linting.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-linting.yml
index c175b8031..4a3472307 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-linting.yml
@@ -13,4 +13,23 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: MegaLinter
-        uses: oxsecurity/megalinter/flavors/documentation@v9
\ No newline at end of file
+        uses: oxsecurity/megalinter/flavors/documentation@v9
+
+  commitlint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Conventional Commit Validation
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+
+      - name: Validate PR commits with commitlint
+        run: |
+          npm install --no-save @commitlint/cli @commitlint/config-conventional
+          npx commitlint --from ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} --to ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} --verbose
\ No newline at end of file

From 6a2d64abc1107b835c94f22520ca0733a8fc2cb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Mitchell <chris.t.mitchell@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:25:49 +1300
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] ci(commits): Allow capitalised subjects

---
 .commitlintrc.json | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.commitlintrc.json b/.commitlintrc.json
index c30e5a970..d2572e133 100644
--- a/.commitlintrc.json
+++ b/.commitlintrc.json
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "extends": ["@commitlint/config-conventional"]
+  "extends": ["@commitlint/config-conventional"],
+  "rules": {
+    "subject-case": [0]
+  }
 }

From ddb6bea83fc37fd8886727cff3d9737fd32c3558 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Mitchell <chris.t.mitchell@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:28:03 +1300
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] ci(commits): limit permissions

Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <62310815+github-advanced-security[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/pr-linting.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-linting.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-linting.yml
index 4a3472307..a77e04755 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-linting.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 name: PR Linting
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]

From b8ece7444d2f03eb9aafff2772ecae5c9146763b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Mitchell <chris.t.mitchell@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:30:24 +1300
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] ci(commits): allow longer body

---
 .commitlintrc.json | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.commitlintrc.json b/.commitlintrc.json
index d2572e133..4467c7516 100644
--- a/.commitlintrc.json
+++ b/.commitlintrc.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": ["@commitlint/config-conventional"],
   "rules": {
-    "subject-case": [0]
+    "subject-case": [0],
+    "body-max-line-length": [0]
   }
 }